Sandra Bullock is convinced she was destined to adopt a baby boy amid the breakdown of her marriage.

The Oscar winner began the adoption process four years ago, and the star and her then-husband Jesse James secretly welcomed baby Louis into their family in January.

She subsequently split from the TV mechanic in March after his infidelities were exposed in the media, and Bullock went public with her baby news a month later.

Now a single parent, The Blind Side star is adamant her path to motherhood has worked out the way it was always intended.

In an exclusive interview with the Today show, which will air in America on Tuesday, she says, “It was a long process. I did not circumvent. I wanted to do everything exactly the same way everyone else did. He (Louis) was always mine, you know. It wasn’t like I felt like someone was going to take him away. But it was nice to have someone say, ‘I think you’re a fit parent’.

“Everything works out the way the universe wants it to work out. We had always said that it didn’t matter where the child came from. If they had issues that were medical issues, we didn’t care. It’s like the child that needed us in the home is the child that’s going to be placed.”

And the actress is delighted a little boy is finally joining the Bullock family.

She adds, “I didn’t think it would be a boy. We don’t have any boys in our family. Boy, is everyone really happy about that. So, he’s like the crown prince. You know, it’s nothing but girls in our family… It was just the hierarchy that needed to be broken.”